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In two days I am heading out to my first Wine Bloggers Conference, #wbc2018. I have heard stories and cautionary tales and I am beyond excited, and a bit nervous, to hang out and write and party and tour with this crazy group of people. This is a group who are following their dreams of …
We had three days to see everything we wanted to see and do everything we wanted to do in Napa and Sonoma. I decided it would be more enjoyable to relax, visit and “experience” Napa instead of trying to winery crawl. I wanted to enjoy the people, the scenery and the legendary wines and experiences. …
Thinking about taking a trip to legendary wine country? California is a quick hop on a plane to world class wines, Michelin star rated restaurants and experiences and events galore. Whatever you can dream up you can pretty much find to do in Napa. Add in Sonoma right next door, both are just 45 minutes …
He is unassuming and enters the room in an unassuming fashion. He takes the stage in his wheelchair, takes the mike and suddenly he is transformed. He is a rock star no longer in disguise. Cory Lee rocked the stage at TBex with his keynote that left the audience with tears in their eyes and …
Hi and welcome to VinoTripping where we are making wine tourism a verb, a word of action. Will you come VinoTripping with me? I recently attended the TBEX conference, #myFLXconf, in Corning, NY and was inspired by all of the amazing people and great work being done throughout the world to bring information to our …
Rain and wind, were no match for the elegant Nantucket Wine Festival. Outstanding wines, wine makers from all over the world, tents to shield us from the weather and 5 star cuisine! Highly recommend! 3pm We are on our way! Kids packed, dog picked up, my favorite Lilly’s packed for the island. Nantucket Wine Festival …
View from Talga Estates After flying in to Sydney and spending a part of a day there, we agreed that we were a bit tired of cities. We don’t love crowds and traffic, though Sydney is a wonderful waterfront city. We enjoyed our one day there and headed out to the Hunter Valley late that afternoon. I had …
Welcome to Australia! Home of amazing ocean beaches and ocean drives. Home of kangaroos, koalas and the Great Barrier Reef and home to the Miller family for 2.3 extraordinary weeks. Relax on the Gold Coast, pet a koala, see rescued joeys at Steve Irwin’s zoo The continent of Australia is actually very similar in land size …
Newport Wine Festival is one of my favorite events of the year. I headed down to Newport on Friday morning with THE ladies and we went to lunch at 22 Bowens. My clam chowder was good on this cold, rainy day. My friends’ burrata salads were outstanding. A cocktail, quick picture and we grabbed an …
One day when I returned home, my children ran out to greet me. “Guess what we recorded for you” they screamed! “We recorded Tiny Houses. And they are in a vineyard!!!!” I had to laugh, realizing that my passion for learning about wine had impacted my kids. The episode took place at Alexandria Nicole Vineyards …